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Don’t let the title of this blog post fool you. I don’t believe for a second the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is a vehicle of the gospel.

A friend of mine told me this the other day when I complained to him that nearly every preacher I have heard in Ohio speaks the same nonsense that you can hear twenty four hours a day on TBN. He claimed that I listen to all the wrong preachers.

He has no idea I gave five years of my life attempting to thwart their doctrines of devils through this blog. That I finally gave up because I was sick of these saintly people attempting to destroy me professionally, personally and financially.

He also has no idea that every false doctrine you can hear on TBN has been examined biblically and found wanting on this site.

Here we go again.

Let’s just say for the sake of argument that my friend is correct when he says that TBN is a vehicle for the Gospel. Let’s also say that my friend in as much admitted that I’m listening to all the wrong preachers. Logic follows that this vehicle (TBN) must then contain some false teachers and some good teachers of the Gospel.

Here’s the Gospel;

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

I’m not suggesting that you watch TBN but look at this schedule for today January 7, 2015 and you tell me which teacher is going to preach the Gospel?

The Billy Graham Crusade should be ok and Greg Laurie is on at 10pm and if we are really lucky Franklin Graham might be alright but outside that all there is are flesh peddlers.

So, in twenty four hours of programming today we can get our flesh satisfied a hundred ways from Sunday and our spirit filled maybe one hour in a half and that’s if we are lucky.

That doesn’t sound like much of a vehicle for the gospel does it? It sounds more like the spare tire to me.

This weeks Calvin’s Corner was really interesting. Michael and I talked about the Reformed view of Baptism and we also discussed how we thought Martin Luther and John Calvin would respond to TBN and more importantly those who support it financially.

We’ve all seen the evidence against Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll. Pastor Michael Newnham and syndicated radio host Phil Naessens approach both of these situations involving abuse in a Christian manner including how do we restore Christians caught up in scandalous endeavors.

Tonight Mrs. Dee Dee Warren continues her series on Understanding New Testament Eschatology with a look at some easily misunderstood timing statements that lead some to believe that the Great Tribulation is a future event .

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On this edition of Calvin’s Corner Pastor Michael Newnham and Phil Naessens attempt to discuss the age old question; is Jesus enough to fix all our troubles and cure all our diseases? DOWNLOAD Advertisements

On this edition of Calvin’s Corner Pastor Michael Newnham and Phil Naessens discuss how the highs and lows of sports fandom sometimes resemble the highs and lows in the life of a Christian and the sad case of Mexican reporter Emilio Gutierrez and his fight for asylum in America. If Gutierrez is deported he might […]

On this edition of Calvin’s Corner Pastor Michael Newnham and Phil Naessens discuss Phil deactivating his Facebook account, the Book of Job and if the NFL has become unwatchable due to all the injuries plus much more!! DOWNLOAD